Brief Life History of Melvin James W
When Melvin James W Combs was born on 21 September 1900, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Calvin M. Combs, was 42 and his mother, Martha Jane Virginia Brooks, was 39. He married Rubie Catherine Jones on 22 December 1918, in Smyth, Virginia, United States. He died on 4 October 1966, in Marion District, Smyth, Virginia, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Attoway, Smyth, Virginia, United States.
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- Melvin J Combs, "United States 1950 Census"
- Melvin Combs, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Melvin Combs, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"
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1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
1901 · Maggie Lena Walker Opens Bank
Maggie Lena Walker was the first African American and woman to open a bank. She opened the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank on August 20, 1901. She encouraged the young people to start saving their pennies in her bank and when they hit a hundred pennies they could start a bank account with the bank.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
English (southern England and southeastern Wales): variant of Coombs .
Shortened form of northern Irish McCombs .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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